68.—(1) It shall be the duty of any person to whom a direction is given under this Order to give effect to that direction.
(2) Any power conferred by this Order to give a direction shall include power to vary or revoke the direction.
(3) Any direction given under this Order shall be in writing.
69.—(1) Stamp duty shall not be chargeable on—
(a)any transfer effected by Part V;
(b)the reorganisation scheme, the transfer scheme or any instrument certified by the Department as having been made in pursuance of either of those schemes.
(2) In paragraph (1) “reorganisation scheme” and “transfer scheme” have the meanings assigned to them by Articles 52(1) and 54(1) respectively.
70.—(1) Regulations made by the Department under this Order shall be subject to negative resolution.
(2) Orders made by the Department under this Order (other than orders under Article 1(3), 3, 51(1), 54(2), or paragraph 1 of Schedule 7) shall be subject to negative resolution.
(3) Regulations and orders under this Order may contain consequential, incidental, supplementary and transitional provisions.
71.—(1) The transitional provisions contained in Schedule 8 shall have effect.
(2) The statutory provisions set out in Schedule 9 shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule (being amendments consequential on this Order).
(3) Without prejudice to section 17(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1), the Department may by order make such modifications of instruments made under statutory provisions as appear to the Department necessary or expedient in consequence of the provisions of this Order; and in this paragraph “instrument” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(c) of that Act of 1954.
(4) The statutory provisions set out in Schedule 10 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule.